mandarins info needed plz

[rubberduck]

ok i have had my tank runnning for about 5 months nw and i would like to wait maybe 6 months more and buy a refuge to increase the supply of pods for them too eat. i have a trustworth private dealer who has one that is HUGE.
so i know now where to get them BUt...........
what alll do i have to do to get two to be confortable and maybe breed? how do u tell the gender of the fish. any info would be great!!
thx travis

 

[rubberduck]

owww also........ is a 30 gallon big enough idf they are the only ones iin the tank?

 

[bang guy]

If you have a 100 gallon refugium then a 30 gallon could probably house a pair.
The Male Mandarin has a long dorsal fin.

 

[nitram]

wow a 100 gal refug and a little 30 gal show tank. I'm just the opposite. Ihave 125 show tank and a 30 gal refuge. Why so big a refuge for small show tank and am i doing it wrong?

 

[bang guy]

RubberDuck wanted to know how to house a pair of Mandarins in a 30 gal. That's the only way I can think of.

 

[blennyluv]

as much live rock as you can house, and set up another tank and raise pods. a place called Ocean Pods will sell you bottles of them. takes about 3 weeks and suddenly your tank is crawling with them, keep lots of live rock in your pod tank and keep switching out your rock. so far it is working for me, also hatch live brine, feed it for a day so it is fat with food, and dump it in the tank. go to reef frontiers forum. they have some great web sites they will direct you to on feeding these little gems. good luck, i think i would go with one if i were you. i have two, seperate tanks right now, she is just boney saved her, and i hear females are hard to find.
good luck!!